by MJR | Aug 14, 2023 | Genuine Hope
Let brotherly love continue. Hebrews 13:1 A few weeks ago, Patrina and I watched a movie called The Essential Church. One of the pastors featured in the documentary talked about how the church should fulfill the “one another” passages in the Scriptures....
by MJR | Aug 11, 2023 | Genuine Hope
As we wrap up these thoughts on understanding our times, let’s consider the following parable Jesus told to encourage us to always be looking forward to Jesus’ return – “Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and...
by MJR | Aug 10, 2023 | Genuine Hope
Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then...
by MJR | Aug 9, 2023 | Genuine Hope
Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see. Don’t participate in the darkness of wild parties and drunkenness, or in sexual promiscuity and immoral living, or in quarreling and jealousy. 14 Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the...
by MJR | Aug 8, 2023 | Genuine Hope
This is all the more urgent, for you know how late it is; time is running out. Wake up, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is almost gone; the day of salvation will soon be here. So remove your dark deeds like dirty clothes,...
by MJR | Aug 4, 2023 | Genuine Hope
But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control,...
